i was eleven

when i started out the band

i wasn't even a teenage man

i was young

so young

i was eleven

you should have seen us standing by the gear

and the funny clothes we'd wear

but i was young

so young

i was eleven

you should have seen us with our phony phonogram

playing records by the score of other bands

we had started out to make it big

you should have seen our first gig

i was eleven

i was eleven

now there was all of us at school

and we were fighting every rule

we were young and we won

we were eleven

and so the band began to play

and we were playing every day

we were young

so young

i was eleven

and so soon we got a pa and what a day

and the drummer got his drums so he could play

we had started out to make it big

mmm

you should have seen our first gig

i was eleven

i was eleven

oh

yes!

i was eleven

i was eleven